Financial stress affects 73% of Americans, with mounting credit card balances, medical bills, and personal loans creating overwhelming monthly obligations. When minimum payments consume most of your ...

Debt consolidation is a strategy for managing debt that involves using a new loan, credit card or payment plan to pay off your existing debts. When you consolidate, you'll roll multiple existing ...

A debt consolidation loan is a type of personal loan that you can use to combine multiple debts into one and pay them off in fixed installments. This can benefit you in several ways, from simplifying ...

One card turns into three. A bill you didn’t expect. A missed payment. Suddenly, you’re checking your bank app daily just to stay above water. At some point, most ...

Managing multiple debts can feel like juggling flaming swords — stressful, risky, and overwhelming. If you're carrying balances on credit cards, personal loans, or medical bills, you're not alone. The ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Americans took on an additional $74 billion in credit card debt last year, according to a new analysis from the personal finance company WalletHub. The good news is that’s actually a smaller increase ...

Philanthropists and foundations like the one I work for take a lot of calculated risks. We invest in research, advocacy, strategic communications, technical assistance, and many other activities, ...

The UK has a huge problem with mental health and debt; I’ve blogged before (see ‘Should we stop people with mental health issues borrowing money?’) on my concerns over this under-addressed subject. It ...